In this mountain landscape, Christ is challenged by the devil in the guise of an old man in monk's habit. The devil offers Christ a stone and asks him to turn it into bread. Below the scene, three two-line verses are rendered in Latin and there is a reference to the Bible text in Mat 4.
| Artist |
Jan van Londerseel
RKD
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David I Vinckboons
RKD
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Claes Jansz II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | Mountain Landscape with the Temptation of Christ |
| Date |
ca. 1585 - 1625
ca. 1601 - 1702 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Medium and support |
burin engraving
AAT
etching AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
AAT
etching AAT reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-LS |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-LS |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8903/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
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11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11K devil(s) and demons Iconclass 11K(SATAN) devil(s) and demons: Satan Iconclass 11K1 human-shaped devil Iconclass 11K4 activities of devil(s) Iconclass 11K41 devil(s) appearing to mortals, trying to seduce them; temptation Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25I9 landscape with ruins Iconclass 41A361 tower (of house or building) Iconclass 41A9 ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc. Iconclass 47G91 collapsing building Iconclass 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture Iconclass 71Q the story of Esther Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73C22 Christ, sometimes accompanied by guardian angel(s), tempted by Satan, who usually appears in human form Iconclass 73C221 'command these stones to become loaves of bread' ~ temptation of Christ in the wilderness Iconclass |
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